A recent study showed possible adverse outcomes in adult cardiac arrest patients who were intubated in the field (JW Emerg Med Nov 19 2010). To assess the effect of prehospital intubation on ...

Although our commentary did not clearly state that our position was in the context of a SARS outbreak as intended, we continue to feel that prehospital intubation of patients with SARS-like symptoms ...

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Use of rapid-sequence intubation (RSI) in the prehospital setting is controversial ... helicopters crewed by the same staff. In the 24 patients in the etomidate-only group, the initial dose ...

Prehospital intubation occurred in 256 patients (51.1%), and 174 patients (34.7%) received a prehospital red-cell transfusion. Surgeons performed urgent operative procedures in 58.4% of patients ...

Withholding intubation during the first 4 hours ... in which physicians may evaluate patients in the prehospital setting. Patients they intubate are taken directly to the ICU.

2 Many new graduate PAs do not feel confident with endotracheal intubation ... on live patients in the operating room (OR) and emergency department? In a 2022 review of prehospital clinician ...

A multicenter, randomized trial is planned to assess ketamine vs. etomidate in patients requiring intubation. Researchers hope to determine which sedative improves survival and reduces PTSD symptoms.

The recommendation of Richard Verbeek and associates1 that paramedics not intubate patients with SARS-like symptoms in the prehospital setting and that ... the preparation for performing any ...